Over the weekend I am gonna try out the Low GI Chocolate cake, going to test it on a non dieting friend too...

I will try the carrot cake too some time westhills! Need to test the chocolate cake because am hoping to make it for some friends, for our xmas dinner meet up. If its not good I'll make them a choc cake that I don't like (like choc orange) and eat something else...

A small handful of nuts is great as you don't need many to fill you up, and they're so good for you, just watch how many though as they are high cal. I make Rick Gallop's muffin's, as they're yummy. Also like an oat cake with a bit of hummus, or very small amount of peanut butter (no added sugar of course!).

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Phase 1 - 6¼

Phase 2
Week 1 - 1½

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Oh well I guess the chocolate will have to stay off the menu until I finish this diet, only 56 pounds to go...

Yesterday I was feeling a bit crap about how slow the weight is now coming off and bought a galaxy carmel (sorry to those on SS). But on the way to my friend's house I passed a clothes shop and decided to try on some jeans. AND! I now fit into size 18 jeans - in a normal clothes shop! That totally redeemed me and made my day! When I got to my friend's house - I gave her the chocolate (she's trying to put on weight!).

Have been a bit slack lately about following the diet 100%, so will now be 100% strict and will attempt some more exercise this week...

Low GI cereals are high bran ones, like all-bran or home-made muesli. Alpen usually has added sugar or added stuff like powdered skimmed milk which makes it sweeter! Its naughty as it doesnt say sugar but that doesnt mean it hasnt got extra sweetness from somewhere else! As for yogurts, -muller might are the best ones. Hope this helped!

I found a couple of Low GI cookbooks at the library and one of them had loads of snack-type recipes!

I made the chocolate and banana loaf (which I wasn't sure would be okay for me being in the weight loss phase, but apparently it's fine) and it was lovely. Not as sweet as I was expecting, although that's probably due to the fact that I used the 70% cocoa chocolate to make it and one less banana than the recipe called for. It freezes really nicely too, so I've sliced it, wrapped individual slices and popped them in my freezer (not a bad way of keeping them out of reach, lol )​

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